departments and organizational units at the seat of the Ministry with guidelines for acting of
police officers in cases of domestic violence. The Health Inspection of the Ministry of Health
announced the conduct of supervision at all health care institutions involved in
recommendations.
In the Evaluation report related to the assessment of the measures which the authorities of the
Republic of Serbia took with regards to all the aspects of the Council of Europe Convention
on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, the Council
of Europe Expert Group on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
(GREVIO) recommended to Serbian authorities, inter alia, to especially ensure that the
recommendations of the Protector of Citizens are implemented and regularly monitored66.
In accordance with recommendations of the Protector of Citizens from the Special Report on
the application of General and special protocols for the protection of women against violence,
the National Action Plan for Employment for 201967 stipulates programs and measures of
active employment policy which prescribe subventions for employment of victims of
domestic violence. However, the Rulebook on More Detailed Content of Data and Manner of
Keeping Records in the Field of Employment68 does not explicitly prescribe that the status, as
one of personal data on the unemployed about whom the records are kept, involves also the
information that the unemployed person is a victim of domestic violence.
For the purpose of the protection of women refugees and migrants against violence, the
Protector of Citizens issued recommendations to the Commissariat for Refugees and
Migration, including recommendations on additional training of all employees on the
recognition and taking adequate and effective measures in case of sexual violence and
harassment69. With the aim of raising of the capacity for prevention and protection of female
migrants and children on the move against all forms of violence, representatives of the
Protector of Citizens held trainings for employees at the Commissariat for Refugees and
Migration and civil society organizations.
The shortcomings which prevent full exercise of rights on the basis of pregnancy, child birth
and child care are still present and the Protector of Citizens indicates to this for years.70 Among
these shortcomings especially prominent are illegality and irregularities towards children and
families and especial unfairness and multiple detriment of the provisions which prescribe that
the right to earnings compensation during the absence from work for the purpose of special
child care cannot be exercised for the child for whom the right to allowance for the assistance
and care of another person is exercised. Amendments to the Law on Financial Support to
Families with Children71 still have not been adopted in order to remove these shortcomings.
The authorities partially acted upon recommendations of the Protector of Citizens72 issued by
the end of 2018 due to shortcomings in the operation of bodies in cases when the employer
fails to perform the legal obligation of calculation and payment of the earnings compensation
66 Available at: https://rm.coe.int/grevio-report-on-serbia/16809987e3, Chapter C. Material Right A. Citizen Right
1. Citizen Legal Remedies against the State – Provision of Due Attention (Article 29) Item 31 Paragraph 159
67Available
at:
https://www.minrzs.gov.rs/sr/dokumenti/predlozi-i-nacrti/sektor-za-rad-izaposljavanje/nacionalni-akcioni-planovi-zaposljavanja-0
68 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 15/2010, 7/2019 and 51/2019.
69 Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/6320-irs-d-pr-v-ri-p-s-up-nj-svih-cn-r-s-licni-ispr-v-risni-i-njih-vi-p-vrd-z-h-vu-z-zil.
70 Opinion of the Protector of Citizens no. 183-25/2017 ref. no. 37867 dated 13th October, 2017.
71 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 113/17 and 50 /18.
72 Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/5977-n-dl-zni-rg-ni-d-b-zb-d-isplu-n-n-d-z-r-d-pri-uzi-lj-sh-uv-s-v-ru-u-pr-v-n-n-n-du-z-r-d-zb-g-rudnic-g-b-l-v-nj-i-dsus-v-s-r-d-zb-g-p-r-d-n-gd-i-p-s-bn-n-g-d.
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